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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

S. E. Hinton

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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
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If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is 'Just do it!' Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write.
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Dally was so real he scared me.
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We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.
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the person in this picture is really me.
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Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. Tuff enough, he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.
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I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.
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Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden
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They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
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You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.
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You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight.
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I don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.
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Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.
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I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year
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I'm a good judge of my own work.
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But Dally, heaters kill people! Ya' kill 'em with switchblades to, don'tcha?
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It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.
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I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers
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He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.
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You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you.
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Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.
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